Invasion of France

Identifier
irn1003348
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.458
  • RG-60.3894
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Deutsche Wochenschau (Producer)
  • George R. Wheeler

Scope and Content

Night scenes: sounds of mortar fire and burning buildings along the Maginot Line. Shots of German planes overhead, aerial views of the Maginot Line, German planes dropping bombs. Germans shooting cannons; soldiers crossing the Rhein in a small boat. More fighting, until the narrator states that Strasbourg, the old German city, is again in German hands. Organ music plays over a shot of a cathedral. German troops pass French civilians on a road. The narrator announces the entry into Metz. Civilians lining the road salute the passing German troops. Happy population of Metz out on the streets; German soldiers holding children.

Note(s)

  • Original film canisters located in Museum offsite storage. Donor of the collection had no information as to the copyright status. The numbers found in the "Source Archive #" field of the USHMM database are the original German newsreel numbers and production dates, as found in Bucher, Peter. "Wochenschauen und Dokumentarfilme 1895-1950 im Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv" Koblenz: Bundesarchiv, 1984.

Subjects

  • NIGHT
  • CHURCHES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • VOLKSDEUTSCH
  • AIRPLANES
  • FRANCE
  • RHINE RIVER
  • FIRES
  • CHILDREN
  • BOMBINGS
  • MAGINOT LINE
  • BOATS

Places

  • Metz, France
  • Strasbourg, France

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.